Book excerpt: ""The Pirate Known as Boo-Beard the Bad"" is the meanest on the Seven Seas. Now he has his eyes set on finding the Queen's treasure chest filled with riches beyond belief. Can young Tommy help his new friend, the Queen's daughter Princess Sophia, keep it away from the evil pirate and his dastardly crew... or will Boo-Beard steal the object of his quest? Filled with black and white drawings on every other page, this is an easy-to-read story for young readers by cartoonist Daniel Roberts.